The Giver

What reason does the Giver give for members of the community NOT being allowed choices? 

• The community would become chaotic.
• They will ruin the sense of order.
• They may make the wrong choices.
• None of these.

If you don't fit in with the community, you can apply to leave.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Once you are a 12, you are considered an adult in the community.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

How does the community react to the death of the child in the river?

• They hold a funeral.

• They send casseroles to the child's parents.

• They hold seminars to warn children to stay away from the river.

• They chant the child's name over and over, each time more softly, until he is forgotton.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The Receiver's home is different from other households in the community. Which is not a difference?

• The furniture and fabrics are a bit more luxurious.

• The door has a lock.

• It is not in the boundaries of the community.

• The speaker is able to be turned off.

What three qualities did the Chief Elder say Jonas has that is needed to become the Receiver of Memory?

• intelligence, integrity, respect

• respect, courage, faith

• courage, intelligence, integrity

• faith, integrity, intelligence

What is the Giver's job with Jonas?

• To train him.

• To give Jonas all the memories of the world.

• To teach him all that he knows.

• To leave him in charge.

How do spouses meet?

• People fall in love and get married.

• People apply to the Committee and the Elders choose for them.

• Elders choose a spouse when people turn the appropriate age.

• People choose their spouses at the Ceremony of Fourteen.

What is a replacement child?

• A clone of someone who has been released.

• A child who takes the place of a naughty child.

• A third or fourth child who joins a family after the oldest has left the home.

• A child who takes the place of one who has died.

Were the community's newchildren named by their parents?

• yes

• no